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Features Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East

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Aalia Mehreen Ahmed is the Features Editor at Entrepreneur Middle East.

She is an MBA (Finance) graduate with past experience in the corporate sector. Ahmed is particularly keen on writing stories about people-centric leadership, female-owned startups, and entrepreneurs who've beaten significant odds to realize their goals.

In her role as Features Editor, she has interviewed the likes of Dr. Jane Goodall, Sania Mirza, KL Rahul, and Najwa Zebian.

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“We Got Funded!” Egypt-Based Money Fellows Raises US$31 Million In Series B Funding Round To Foster Greater Financial Inclusion In The Country

By digitizing the concept of money circles, the startup aims to create opportunities within a largely untapped space in the fintech sector.

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“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered FlapKap Raises US$3.6 Million In A Seed Round To Realize Its Mission Of Empowering Underfunded SMBs In The MEA Region

As the e-commerce boom continues, FlapKap is seeking to ease the process of accessing capital for small and medium business owners without having to give up on equity or ownership.

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Dubai-Based Proptech Firm Stella Stays Is Reinventing How We Find Homes For Ourselves

By combining the best of hospitality and real estate, Stella Stays offers flexible terms of stay at its furnished rental units while also claiming to provide amenities that foster a sense of community.

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“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered Proptech Startup Partment Raises US$1.5 Million In Pre-Seed Round As It Gears Up To Scale Across The MENA Region

Partment is a digital platform that offers users the opportunity to co-own properties as their second homes.

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Startup Spotlight: Emirati Media Company Cino Trends Is On A Mission To Produce UAE-Made Animated Content

"What inspires us is the youth, since they are the main asset of all economies."

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Startup Spotlight: Brazilian Biotech Startup Biosolvit Leverages Circular Economy Techniques As It Makes Its Way To The UAE

Biosolvit is a Brazil-based biotechnology startup that uses "nature as a source of inspiration," and has engineered all its services to showcase some of the many benefits of the circular economy.

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Cairo-Based Goodspace Is Using The Art Of Dance To Build A Tight-Knit Community And A Successful Business

"Some people don't understand that just because we want to give back to the community does not mean that we don't want to be a successful business!"

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Questioning The Status Quo: Distilling Both Sides Of The Debate Between Office Work And Hybrid Work

Four founders of UAE-based startups share their stance on the Team Office versus Team Hybrid debate, and explain what has worked better for them.

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Startup Spotlight: Silicon Valley-Based Predictiv Is Bringing Its DNA Testing Expertise To The UAE

Conceptualized in July 2020, Predictiv was built with an approach wherein the platform "integrates your health history, your lifestyle, and your genes."

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Dtec’s Founder-Focused Startup Program SANDBOX Aims To Create A New Community Of Innovators In Dubai

"When we designed the program, we started primarily with one question: 'How can we best service and resource early-stage founders in a timely manner?'"

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“We Got Funded!” Abu Dhabi-Based Cloud Kitchen Platform The Cloud Raises US$10 Million In A Series A Round To Fuel Expansion Into The GCC And Europe

The Cloud was designed with a vision to become "the Airbnb of kitchens" by enabling the transformation of regular restaurant kitchens into artificial intelligence-powered cloud kitchens.

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Inaugural Crunchmoms Summit In Dubai From October 12-13, 2022 Is Set To Spark More Discussions About Female Inclusivity In The Middle East

Set to host a sequence of panel discussions, masterclasses, and networking sessions, among other activities, the summit's official theme is "Working the Dream."

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Startup Spotlight: Sharjah-Based Merlin Farms Is Addressing MENA’s Water Scarcity And Food Security Issues Through Aquaponics

Merlin Farms' farming technique is based on the concept of aquaponics -a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics- which can grow plants without soil by utilizing fish waste.

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Startup Spotlight: Dubai-Based Dukkan Aims To Provide Local Retail Stores With A Digital Edge

As a mobile application service that promises to deliver items from local stores within an hour in Dubai, Dukkan is aiming to give small and medium businesses in the Emirate a better head start in the online realm.

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“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Produze Raises US$2.6 Million Seed Round To Bring The Power Of Technology To The Agriculture Industry

As a platform that serves to directly connect agricultural producers with retailers, Produze's mission is to digitize the agriculture and food sector's procurement operations within the Middle East.

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Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Frontier Is Enabling Easier Access To Space-Related Education

Launched with a vision to "push the frontiers of space science" in an interactive way, Frontier offers a hybrid gamified learning model, available in both Arabic and English.

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“We Got Funded!”: UAE-Based Dukkantek Secures US$10 Million In A Pre-Series A Funding Round To Further Its Mission Of Digitally Empowering SMEs In The MENA

UAE-based online store management platform Dukkantek has raised US$10 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital firm BECO Capital.

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Follow The Leader: Pallavi Dean, Founder, Roar

"I can't believe people actually pay me to do what I love- I would do this for free!"

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Follow The Leader: Thomas Flohr, Founder And Chairman, Vista Global Holding

Flohr, has successfully transformed a venture that started with operating just two aircrafts into a global private aviation group with 350 jets flying to every continent.

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Intersectional Impact: Dana Co-Founder And CEO Zada Haj Is Tackling The MENA’s Needs For Sustainability And Gender Inclusion With Her Enterprise

Haj believes that creating a more robust agrifood sector with purpose-led infrastructure and appropriate financial backing will decidedly strengthen gender inclusion, as one in four entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector is female.

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Startup Spotlight: Here’s How Abu Dhabi-Based Heidron Energy Solutions Is Producing Lighter (And Cheaper) Batteries For Electric Vehicles

By offering Li-ion batteries made out of Silicon anodes, Abu Dhabi-based Heidron Energy Solutions is looking to create a less complex and much cheaper way to produce energy sources for electric vehicles.

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“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Foodtech Startup ChatFood Secures US$3 Million In A Bridge Round As It Expands Into Saudi Arabia

As a platform that enables mobile ordering and marketing solutions for hospitality brands, ChatFood hopes to capitalize on advantageous social media trends in Saudi Arabia.

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Dubai-Based B2B Fintech Startup Lune Makes Financial Transaction Data Useful For MENA Entities

For Alexandre Soued and Helal Lootah, co-founding their Dubai-based fintech startup Lune came about as a result of observing a massive lack of financial literacy among UAE residents.

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At Innovation Café Qatar, It’s All About Creativity, Collaboration, And, Yes, Coffee

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Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Social Platform Fanera Is All About Connecting Football Fans In An Engaging, Interactive Way

Fanera is an app designed "for and by football fans" to share and engage with football content created by a community of fans, influencers, players, and clubs.

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Startup Spotlight: Predixa Is Helping Companies Across The UAE Unlock The Financial Value Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion

Helping companies realize the social, as well as financial value associated with achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion forms the crux of Predixa's mission.

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Startup Spotlight: AR Engineering Is Optimizing Digital Learning To Help Students Be More Job-Ready

Through its subscription-based augmented reality learning app, AR Academy, the firm offers access to a catalog of three-dimensional engineering systems, it enables students to interact with and operate these systems from remote locations.

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Startup Spotlight: AI-Based Platform Metanoa Is Enabling The Early Diagnosis Of Learning Disorders In Children

Metanoa enables the early diagnosis of developmental disorders such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, speech delays, and others.

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“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Cartlow Raises US$18 Million Series A Round With The Aim To Dominate The MENA Region’s Recommerce Ecosystem

With this latest round of funding, Cartlow aims to expand further into Saudi Arabia and other emerging markets while keeping a keen focus on ensuring greater sustainability.

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UAE-Based Agritech Firm Pure Harvest Smart Farms Raises US$180.5 Million To Scale Up Growth In New Markets

Pure Harvest co-founder and CEO Sky Kurtz believes the latest infusion of capital will enable his firm to scale globally, while also addressing challenges related to food security, food supply chains, and sustainability.

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“We Got Funded!” Egypt-Based Money Fellows Raises US$31 Million In Series B Funding Round To Foster Greater Financial Inclusion In The Country

“We Got Funded!” Cairo-Headquartered FlapKap Raises US$3.6 Million In A Seed Round To Realize Its Mission Of Empowering Underfunded SMBs In The MEA Region

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Startup Spotlight: Silicon Valley-Based Predictiv Is Bringing Its DNA Testing Expertise To The UAE

Dtec’s Founder-Focused Startup Program SANDBOX Aims To Create A New Community Of Innovators In Dubai

“We Got Funded!” Abu Dhabi-Based Cloud Kitchen Platform The Cloud Raises US$10 Million In A Series A Round To Fuel Expansion Into The GCC And Europe

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Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Frontier Is Enabling Easier Access To Space-Related Education

“We Got Funded!”: UAE-Based Dukkantek Secures US$10 Million In A Pre-Series A Funding Round To Further Its Mission Of Digitally Empowering SMEs In The MENA

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Follow The Leader: Thomas Flohr, Founder And Chairman, Vista Global Holding

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Startup Spotlight: Here’s How Abu Dhabi-Based Heidron Energy Solutions Is Producing Lighter (And Cheaper) Batteries For Electric Vehicles

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Startup Spotlight: UAE-Based Social Platform Fanera Is All About Connecting Football Fans In An Engaging, Interactive Way

Startup Spotlight: Predixa Is Helping Companies Across The UAE Unlock The Financial Value Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion

Startup Spotlight: AR Engineering Is Optimizing Digital Learning To Help Students Be More Job-Ready

Startup Spotlight: AI-Based Platform Metanoa Is Enabling The Early Diagnosis Of Learning Disorders In Children

“We Got Funded!” UAE-Based Cartlow Raises US$18 Million Series A Round With The Aim To Dominate The MENA Region’s Recommerce Ecosystem

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